When?
Numbers…
Every citizen knows this…
100
What else did Mr. Webster do besides a dictionary…
100
Websters Dictionary is named after Mr. Webster. This is his first name
Noah
100
Name 12 of original 13 colonies…
200
Thomas Jefferson died on this date
July 4, 1826, age 83.
200
This number of people signed the Declaration…
What is 56
200
Columbus thanked this person inspiring him?
Who doubts that this illumination was from the Holy Spirit? I attest that he [the Spirit], with marvelous rays of light consoled me through the holy sacred Scriptures…encouraging me to proceed, and, continually, without ceasing for a moment, they inflame me with a sense of great urgency. Our Lord wished to perform the clearest miracle.2
300
John Adams died this date
July 4, 1826, age 90
300
How many Catholics signed the Declaration of Independence?
One, Charles Carroll
300
I wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
400
John Adams wrote his wife Abigail that this date of independence would be celebrated in America
The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.
400
Besides English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, what other European country developed a colony on the East Coast (along the Delaware River) in the 1600s?
Sweden
400
Finish the sentence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident ______ and the pursuit of Happiness.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
500
Declaration signer Oliver Wolcott melted down a lead statue of King George III to make this…
What are musket balls
500
What are the residents of New Sweden known for bringing to America?
The log cabin
500
Name someone who signed both the Declaration and the Constitution
George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson.